Warehouse gutted in Sharjah industrial area

SHARJAH — A fire broke out yesterday in a scrap warehouse located behind Sharjah Municipality’s garage in the industrial area number three, destroying 80 per cent of the property. There were no casualties.

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Afkar Ali Ahmed

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Published: Mon 6 Nov 2006, 9:41 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 7:52 PM

The civil defence firefighters arrived on the scene immediately and prevented the flames from spreading to nearby sponge factories and other warehouses, containing flammable materials.

Brigadier Khalfan, Director of fire stations in Sharjah, told Khaleej Times firefighting operations took around four hours. The warehouse did not have proper fire safety equipment. No worker was at the place when the fire occurred.


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